Alan Mowbray
Born
August 17, 1896
Died
March 25, 1969 (72 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
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Alan Mowbray MM, (18 August 1896 - 25 March 1969), was an English stage and film actor who found success in Hollywood. Born Alfred Ernest Allen in London, England, he served with distinction the British Army in World War I, being awarded the Military Medal for bravery. He began as a stage actor, making his way to the United States where he appeared in Broadway plays and toured the country as part of a theater troupe. As Alan Mowbray, he made his motion picture debut in 1931, going on to a career primarily as a character actor in more than 140 films including the sterling butler role in the comedy Merrily We Live, and playing the title role in the TV series The Adventures of Colonel Flack. During World War II, he made a memorable appearance as the Devil in the Hal Roach propaganda comedy The Devil with Hitler. He appeared in some two dozen guest roles on various television series. Mowbray was a founding member of the Screen Actors Guild, with outside interests that led to membership in Britain's Royal Geographic Society. He played the title role in the television series Colonel Humphrey Flack, which first appeared in 1953-1954 and then was revived in 1958-1959. In the 1954-1955 television season Mowbray played Mr. Swift, the drama coach of the character Mickey Mulligan, in NBC's short-lived situation comedy The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan. Mowbray died of a heart attack in 1969 in Hollywood and was interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.
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Known For
Going Hollywood: The '30s
(archive footage)
1984
The Flying Nun
Father Duffy · (1 episode)
1967
Mister Roberts
(2 episodes)
1965
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Harry Blackburn · (1 episode)
1964
Petticoat Junction
Lucius J. Penrose · (1 episode)
1963
Burke's Law
Butterfield · (1 episode)
1963
The Patty Duke Show
(1 episode)
1963
The Beverly Hillbillies
Montrose · (1 episode)
1962
A Majority of One
Captain Norcross
1961
Dante
Stewart Styles · (26 episodes)
1960
Fibber McGee & Molly
(1 episode)
1959
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Carlson · (1 episode)
1958
Maverick
Luke Abigor · (1 episode)
1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self · (2 episodes)
1957
Meet McGraw
Osgood · (1 episode)
1957
Blondie
Jack Bell · (1 episode)
1957
Around the World in Eighty Days
British Consul
1956
The Gale Storm Show
Hadley Dexter · (1 episode)
1956
The King and I
Sir John Hay
1956
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Val Parnell
1956
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Gordon
1956
Matinee Theater
(1 episode)
1955
The King's Thief
Sir Gilbert Talbot
1955
The Bob Cummings Show
Hawthorne · (1 episode)
1955
The Steel Cage
Lee Filbert, segment "The Chef"
1954
Social Lion
Narrator
1954
Hey Mulligan
Jonathan Swift, Drama Instructor · (1 episode)
1954
Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
Alphonsus Mannering
1954
Colonel Humphrey Flack
(77 episodes)
1953
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
(1 episode)
1953
The Life Of Riley
Uncle Baxter · (1 episode)
1953
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Noll
1952
Androcles and the Lion
Editor of Gladiators
1952
Mr. & Mrs. North
(2 episodes)
1952
The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
Orville · (1 episode)
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
(1 episode)
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Jackson · (2 episodes)
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Albert · (1 episode)
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Jackson - Waiter · (2 episodes)
1952
Just Across the Street
Davis
1952
Chevron Theatre
(1 episode)
1952
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mayor Perkins · (1 episode)
1951
Crosswinds
The Hon Cecil Daubrey
1951
The Red Skelton Show
Explorer Radccliffe · (1 episode)
1951
The Lady and the Bandit
Lord Charles Willoughby
1951
The Jackpot
Leslie
1950
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
Professor Bradford · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Carter · (1 episode)
1950
Wagon Master
Dr. A. Locksley Hall
1950
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1 episode)
1950
The Lone Wolf and His Lady
Jamison
1949
You're My Everything
Joe Blanton
1949
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Melton
1949
The Lovable Cheat
Justin
1949
Every Girl Should Be Married
Mr. Spitzer
1948
My Dear Secretary
Deveny (Bryant Detective Agency)
1948
An Innocent Affair
Ken St. Clair
1948
The Prince of Thieves
The Friar
1948
The Main Street Kid
The Great Martine
1948
Captain from Castile
Prof. Botello
1947
Merton of the Movies
Frank Mulvaney
1947
Lured
Lyle Maxwell
1947
The Pilgrim Lady
Clifford Latimer
1947
My Darling Clementine
Granville Thorndyke
1946
Idea Girl
J. C. Crow
1946
Terror by Night
Major Duncan-Bleek
1946
Sunbonnet Sue
Jonathan
1945
Men in Her Diary
Douglas Crane
1945
Tell It to a Star
Col. Ambrose Morgan
1945
Where Do We Go from Here?
General George Washington
1945
The Phantom of 42nd Street
Cecil Moore
1945
Earl Carroll Vanities
Grand Duke Paul
1945
Bring on the Girls
August
1945
My Gal Loves Music
Rodney Spoonyer
1944
The Doughgirls
Breckinridge Drake
1944
Ever Since Venus
J. Webster Hackett
1944
His Butler's Sister
Buzz Jenkins
1943
Holy Matrimony
Mr. Pennington
1943
So This Is Washington
Chester W. Marshall
1943
Stage Door Canteen
Alan Mowbray
1943
Slightly Dangerous
English Gentleman
1943
The Powers Girl
John Robert Powers
1943
The Devil with Hitler
Gesatan
1942
Panama Hattie
Jay Jerkins, Dick's Butler
1942
Isle of Missing Men
Dr. Brown
1942
A Yank at Eton
Mr. Duncan
1942
The Mad Martindales
Hugo Martindale
1942
We Were Dancing
Grand Duke Basil
1942
Yokel Boy
R.B. Harris - Movie Producer
1942
Three Blonde Mice
Elmer Smith
1942
The Perfect Snob
Freddie Browning
1941
I Wake Up Screaming
Robin Ray
1941
Moon Over Her Shoulder
Grover Sloan
1941
Ice-Capades
Pete Ellis
1941
French Fried Patootie
1941
The Cowboy and the Blonde
Phineas Johnson
1941
That Uncertain Feeling
Doctor Vengard
1941
That Hamilton Woman
Sir William Hamilton
1941
Footlight Fever
Don Avery
1941
The Quarterback
Professor Hobbs
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Silas Cribbs
1940
The Boys from Syracuse
Angelo
1940
Scatterbrain
J.R. Russell
1940
Curtain Call
Donald Avery
1940
Music in My Heart
Charles Spencer Gardner III
1940
The Llano Kid
John Travers
1939
Way Down South
Jacques Bouton
1939
Never Say Die
le Prince Smirnov
1939
Topper Takes a Trip
Wilkins - Topper's Butler
1938
There Goes My Heart
Penny E. Pennypepper
1938
Merrily We Live
Grosvenor
1938
Hollywood Hotel
Alexander Duprey
1938
Breakdowns of 1937
Self
1937
Stand-In
Koslofski
1937
Music for Madame
Leon Rodowsky
1937
On Such a Night
Prof. Richard Candle
1937
Vogues of 1938
Henry Morgan
1937
Topper
Wilkins
1937
Marry the Girl
Dr. Stryker
1937
As Good as Married
Wally
1937
The King and the Chorus Girl
Donald Taylor
1937
On the Avenue
Frederick Sims
1937
Rainbow on the River
Ralph Layton
1936
Four Days Wonder
Archibald Fenton
1936
Ladies in Love
Paul Sandor
1936
My Man Godfrey
Tommy Gray
1936
Mary of Scotland
Throckmorton
1936
Fatal Lady
Uberto Malla
1936
The Case Against Mrs. Ames
Lawrence Waterson
1936
Desire
Dr. Maurice Pauquet
1936
Give Us This Night
Forcellini
1936
Muss 'em Up
Paul Harding
1936
Rose Marie
Premier
1936
In Person
Jay Holmes
1935
She Couldn't Take It
Alan Bartlett
1935
The Gay Deception
Lord Clewe
1935
Lady Tubbs
Elyot Wembsleigh
1935
Becky Sharp
Rawdon Crawley
1935
Night Life of the Gods
Hunter Hawk
1935
Charlie Chan in London
Geoffrey Richmond
1934
Embarrassing Moments
Aheam
1934
One More River
Forsythe
1934
The Girl from Missouri
Lord Douglas
1934
Little Man, What Now?
Franz Schlüter
1934
Where Sinners Meet
Nicholas
1934
Cheaters
Paul Southern
1934
The House of Rothschild
Prince Metternich
1934
Long Lost Father
Sir Anthony "Tony" Gelding
1934
Her Secret
Nils Norton
1933
Roman Scandals
Majordomo
1933
The World Changes
Sir Philip Ivor
1933
Berkeley Square
Major Clinton
1933
Voltaire
Count de Sarnac
1933
Midnight Club
Arthur Bradley
1933
Peg o' My Heart
Capt. Christopher 'Chris' Brent
1933
A Study in Scarlet
Lestrade
1933
Sherlock Holmes
Colonel Gore-King
1932
The Phantom President
George Washington (uncredited)
1932
Two Against the World
George 'Georgie' Walton
1932
Winner Take All
Forbes, the etiquette teacher
1932
The Man Called Back
King's Counsel
1932
Jewel Robbery
Detective Fritz
1932
The Man from Yesterday
Dr. Waite
1932
Man About Town
Ivan Boris
1932
The World and the Flesh
Dimitri
1932
Hotel Continental
Walter Underwood
1932
The Silent Witness
Arthur Drinton
1932
Lovers Courageous
Lamone
1932
Nice Women
Mark Chandler
1931
Honor of the Family
Tony Revere
1931
Left Over Ladies
Jerry
1931
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington
1931
Guilty Hands
Gordon Rich
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 6: 'The Big Irons'
Mr. Mowbray (uncredited)
1931
The Man in Possession
Sir Charles Cartwright
1931
God's Gift to Women
Auguste, Toto's Butler
1931